Local Devlopment Plan

Work began in 2023 to prepare the next Aberdeen Local Development Plan, which is expected to be adopted in 2029. The plan is prepared through a series of stages set out in legislation to make sure the plan is based on evidence and reflects community and stakeholder inputs. The Evidence Report was agreed by Full Council on 2 July 2025 and was submitted to the Scottish Government's Planning and Environmental Appeals Division (DPEA) for independent review (known as the Gatecheck Review).

The review concluded that additional information should be included in the Evidence Report, which was therefore revised and approved by Aberdeen City Council on 19 August 2026 and re-submitted to DPEA in September. If you wish to read the full Evidence Report (approximately 700 pages) it can be found at Aberdeen Local Development Plan 2029 Evidence Report.pdf

Scottish Ministers have now appointed a Reporter to undertake the Gatecheck Review which is expected to take 3 months.

The Call for Sites is another stage in the Local Plan Development scheme and is an activity targeted at landowners, developers and their agents to submit proposals of potential development sites. The Call for Developers Sites ran from 28 July to 20 October 2025 and submissions are currently being reviewed. A map of Call for Sites submissions for the whole Aberdeen City Council area can be found at Call for Sites Submissions - ALDP28 | Aberdeen City Council Open Spatial Data

For our Community Area the attached drawing shows the location of proposed development sites and the information provided in terms of use (housing, commercial or other) and the number of housing units. Some of these listed developments are already known, approved and in construction such as Countesswells (3000 units) but others (approximately 3400 units) are not yet approved or are completely new.

CBMCC has previously made its opinion clear to Aberdeen City Council regarding new major housing developments and their impact on our education and health care infrastructure. We are developing our own Local Place Plan (LPP), reported separately, which will propose the community’s own development aspirations which are intended to feed into the preparation of the Local Development Plan. The LPP will include our clear opinion on the proposed development sites.